Latest news for teachers
Leap for Learning – quarterly review
Process owner quarterly review was held with ITS partners on 9 June. Resourcing for autumn, roadmap planning and strategy implementation was discussed.
Accessibility support for Sisu at Aalto University
Accessibility issues have been found in Sisu, the new student information system that will be fully deployed in August. Aalto University is committed to providing students with individual support until the issues have been resolved.
Revised degree regulations and OOS effective 1 August
When entering force, the new Degree Regulations for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees will supersede the different regulations on bachelor’s and master's degrees that have existed previously at the school level. The Aalto University General Regulations on Teaching and Studying (OOS) as well as the Degree Regulations on Doctoral Education have also been updated.
MyCourses course-space archiving week 28.6.-2.7.2021
MyCourses course-space archiving week 28.6.-2.7.2021 for courses that ended over two years ago.
Give us feedback on Teachers' Weekly newsletter as the pilot period continues
Teachers’ Weekly is a newsletter for Aalto’s teaching staff.
The letter aims at easily approachable, informative and timely content on issues related to teaching and learning.
The letter aims at easily approachable, informative and timely content on issues related to teaching and learning.
Validity of the instructions for organising remotely proctored exams extended for the academic year 2021-2022
The instructions for organising a remotely proctored exam were released in spring 2020 when the covid19 pandemic was at its peak. The instructions were actively updated during the academic year 2020-2021 so as to accommodate particular features of remote proctoring and assessment of learning with sufficient detail.
Proficiency in Finland’s languages strengthened in national collaboration
Aalto University is promoting the learning of the national languages of Finland – Finnish and Swedish – as part of a broader programme for internationalisation and its Talent Boost programme.
New study support functionality is being developed with agile methods
Pilot experimentation of the functionality together with end users helped to find points of development that could see immediate development.
Aalto Mathematics professor wins Outstanding Teacher of the Year from the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion's
This year the Outstanding Teacher of the Year is Fabricio Oliveira, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Operations Research. Aalto alumni Joonas Govenius won the Young Researcher of the Year
Teacher, answer the remote teaching survey latest by 15 June
Teacher services conducts a remote teaching survey in spring 2021.
Hybrid way of teaching experiment
LES Teacher Services tested hybrid way of learning in the course where teachers discussed about pedagogically smart and innovative teaching methods.
AllWell? results in Power BI
The 2021 AllWell? well-being survey was conducted in February among all 2nd-year bachelor’s degree students and 1st-year master’s degree students at Aalto University. From this year onwards, results can be found from Power BI!
Student Dashboard got a new name
Service Platform is introducing a daily dashboard for the students. The name of the service is MyStudies.
Welcome to Future-led Learning podcast!
Future-led Learning podcast strives to develop the learning culture at Aalto University and offers a platform to university educators to reflect their ideas about teaching and learning.
Pre-study on teaching resource management highlighted the need for common tools and methods​
An extensive preliminary study regarding the resource planning of university teaching was conducted last year by Learning Services (LES).
The Aalto ENG Teaching Forum discussed well-being and resilience
The Teaching Forum of the School of Engineering on 10 May 2021 presented ideas and tips that support well-being. The ideas raised by the themes of the day were also discussed together.
Best practices for enhancing internationalization through virtual exchange discussed at the Unite! Staff Week
The week-long training focusing on virtual exchange was organized in February 2021 to promote internationalization between the seven universities in the Unite! network.
Pedagogical training in autumn 2021
Aalto university offers pedagogical courses to support pedagogical skills of faculty members.
Moving forward with Sisu - Webinar for teachers (in Finnish)
In 2021, Aalto University will introduce Sisu into extensive use. The resulting changes will apply to everyone at Aalto. A Sisu webinar for teachers 17.5. 11.00 - 12.30 will discuss the changes and their schedule.
For teachers: Remote teaching -webinar sessions in May and June 2021
Teacher services organizes a series of webinar sessions. Please join us on Wednesdays at noon.
